East Mississippi Community College
- East Mississippi Community College
East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), formerly known as East Mississippi Junior College, is a community college in Mississippi with five campuses. EMCC serves and is supported by Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties in East Central Mississippi. EMCC offers a broad range of academic and technical programs, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award the Associate of Applied Science degree and the Associate of Arts degree. It is one of fifteen community colleges in Mississippi.
Campuses
*Scooba Campus, Scooba, Mississippi.
*Golden Triangle Campus, Mayhew, Mississippi.
*Columbus Air Force Base Extension, Columbus, Mississippi.
*Naval Air Station Meridian Extension, Meridian, Mississippi.
*Macon Extension, Macon, Mississippi.
History
East Mississippi Junior College, in Scooba, Mississippi, was organized in 1927 following its beginnings in 1912 as Kemper County Agricultural High School. It was later renamed East Mississippi Community College. While the Scooba Campus has always been the primary campus, the Golden Triangle Campus has been growing at an increasing rate over the last several years. The Golden Triangle Campus, founded as the Golden Triangle Vo-Tech Center in 1968, serves the Golden Triangle region of Mississippi and is the primary location of the career and technical programs. Both Scooba and Golden Triangle offer a broad range of academic classes.
Accolades
East Mississippi Community College has had one Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. Alex Ashford was the first student to receive the prestigious award in May 2007.
External links
* [http://www.eastms.edu East Mississippi Community College]
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